Kansas City Brass

Soccer club

Kansas City Brass

Full name

Kansas City Brass

Nickname(s)

The Brass

Founded

1997

Dissolved

2013

Ground

Overland Park Soccer Complex
Overland Park, Kansas

Capacity

3,000

Owners

Alan Blinzler, Emilio John

Head Coach

Lincoln Roblee

League

USL Premier Development League

2013

4th, Heartland
Playoffs: DNQ

Home colors

Away colors

Kansas City Brass was an American soccer team based in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference.

The team played its home games on the Stadium Field at the Overland Park Soccer Complex, where they played beginning in 2011. The team's colors were blue and white.

History

Kansas City Brass was owned by Kansas City United Soccer, Inc., a Kansas Not-for-Profit Corporation, formed in 1997 by Dr. Emilio John and Alan Blinzler, to serve two missions: to prepare graduating high school seniors for college soccer by introducing them to the level of speed and physical play found at the highest levels of college soccer; and to prepare players for the level of competition found at the First and Second Division levels of professional soccer. Since its beginning John served as President of the Brass and Blinzler acted as Chief Operating Officer.

The Brass assisted over thirty players in their quest to move from the amateur ranks to professional teams. In 2007 the Brass was inducted into the United Soccer Leagues Hall of Fame.

Players

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1998	4	USISL PDSL	4th, Central	Division Finals	1st Round
1999	4	USL PDL	5th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2000	4	USL PDL	4th, Rocky Mountain	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	5th, Rocky Mountain	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	5th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	5th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	6th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	3rd, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	3rd, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	3rd, Heartland	Did not qualify	1st Round
2008	4	USL PDL	5th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	USL PDL	6th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010	4	USL PDL	7th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	4th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	USL PDL	5th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	USL PDL	4th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

Robi Goff (1998–1999)
Jim Schwab (2000–2001)
Jefferson Roblee (2002–2010)
Burke Slusher (2002–2013) – associate head coach
Lincoln Roblee (2011–2013)

Stadia

Greene Stadium; Liberty, Missouri (2003–2010)
Stadium at Liberty High School; Liberty, Missouri 2 games (2003)
Blue Valley District Activity Center; Overland Park, Kansas 2 games (2003)
Stadium at Excelsior Springs High School; Excelsior Springs, Missouri 3 games (2005–2006)
Overland Park Soccer Complex; Overland Park, Kansas (2011–2013)

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

2005: 114
2006: 141
2007: 202
2008: 122
2009: 128
2010: 131

References

Soccer in the United States

Men's

National teams

Outdoor leagues

Professional	MLS History Playoffs MLS Cup USL Championship USLC Final USL League One NISA MLS Next Pro
Amateur	USL League Two NISA Nation NPSL CSL EPSL EPLWA GCPL MWPL OVPL SFSFL UPSL USLPA
Defunct	AFA (1884–1924) American Cup (1885–1924) ALPF (1894) APSL (2015–2018) NAFL (1895–1898) AAFA Cup (1912–13) ASL (1921–1933) ASL (1933–1983) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–1984) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–1992) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USL 2nd (1990–2010) APSL (1990–1996) A-League (1996–2004) USL 1st (2005–2009) D2 Pro (2010) PLA (2015–2017) NASL (2011–2017)

Indoor leagues

Current	MASL MASL2 MASL3 MLIS NISL PASL WISL
Defunct	NASL (1975–76, 1979–1984) MISL (1978–1992) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–1997) EISL (1997–98) WISL (1998–2001) MISL (2001–2008) AISL (2003–2008) XSL (2008–09) MISL (2008–2014)